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Reviews
SM Lee was too modern for his time
By Jusuf Wanandi
The Straits Times
The Singapore Story is vintage Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew: logical, direct, well-reasoned and well-researched, sometimes too strong and too personal in opinion, but on the whole, extremely engaging.
Memoirs enlightening
By Lynette Ng
The Sun, Malaysia
'The release of the first volume of his memoirs -- right smack in the midst of regional economic problems -- has been described as ill-timed. But the truth is there would never have been a "right" time.'
Driving force behind S'pore's success
By Peter Montagnon
Financial Times, UK
'When he was a boy, recounts SM Lee Kuan Yew in this first volume of his memoirs, Billy Bunter stories were among his favourite reading. It is a surprising admission for the man who subsequently became one of Asia's greatest statesmen -- admired, feared and loathed in almost equal measure.'
SM Lee' story simply told
By Ravindra Kumar
The Statesman Weekly, India
'Mr Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs, The Singapore Story, is an interesting narrative because it reveals the clarity of his thought process. He tells his story simply, and therefore well. Politicians planning to write their memoirs would do well to emulate him.'
Most of all, he was formed by the war
By William Rees Mogg
Sunday Times, Singapore
'His Chinese roots, English education and struggle during the war moulded the "father of a nation."
A matter of perception, Lee!
By Abdul Razak Ahmad
The New Straits Times, Malaysia
Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's recently released memoirs has been hailed as a historic milestone. But it has accused Malaysia and its great political figures of many wrongs and slights, straining bilateral ties even further.
The hero and his epic
By Yikin
The New Straits Times, Malaysia
There's absolutely no need to look further; it's all on the cover jacket. The man stares out at you with that trademark severe, unsmiling gaze of his, lips slightly parted as if he were about to say something terribly important.
What some international magazines said about the book
Commentaries
SM has right to his opinions
By Samad ismail
Berita Harian, Malaysia
'Not all quarters in Malaysia share the view of Malaysian politicians who have called for a ban on The Singapore Story...'
Keep a cool head when judging Mr Lee's memoirs
By Ouyang Wen Feng
Sin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia
'FOLLOWING the disputes between Malaysia and Singapore, many people accused Mr Lee Kuan Yew of distorting facts in his memoirs before they had even finished reading his book. '
Separation was the best for both
By Ismail Kassim
The Straits Times, Singapore
'I DO NOT need to read Mr Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs to know that the racial riots of 1964 were inspired by elements in Umno.'
SM Lee's book offers hope for Singapore's multi-racialism
By Cherian George
The Straits Times, Singapore
'THE controversial revelations in Mr Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs had the potential to strain ethnic ties here.'
How different S'pore could have been
By Chua Mui Hoong
The Straits Times, Singapore
'There was nothing inevitable about Singapore's survival and success...'
Other comments
Not a simple battle between good and evil
by Gerald Hensley, New Zealand's Secretary of Defence.
'A GRIPPING narrative which compels you to keep turning the pages.'
Book is a personal life story, says PM
'"SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs are his life story and do not constitute an official document or the official history of Singapore," said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong...'
Four Singaporeans comment on SM's memoirs:
We can't ignore language and culture issues
Mr Kenneth Tan Sze Sian, 27, a PhD student at Cambridge University.
Be sensitive to different views
Mr Choo Lip Sin, 27, a quantity surveyor.
As a Malay I felt uncomfortable reading it
Mr Jumari Naiyan, 34, deputy director of the Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs in the Association of Muslim Professionals.
It tore my heart to read about the riots
Ms Sukwinder Kaur, 19, third-year banking and finance student at the Singapore Polytechnic.
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